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among those expected to testify, the nra president, wayne lapierre. the former astronaut mark kelly, the husband of former congresswoman gabby giffords who was shot in the head with a meet and greet with constituents back in 2011. giffords has just made her way into the room. she was originally not on the schedule. that changed earlier today. as we await all this, our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tees us up live on capitol hill. what we have heard though going into this hearing, about what lawmakers are planning and sort of a big picture, mike. what have you heard there? >> reporter: well, bill, it is interesting because the chairman of the committee, patrick leahy is from vermont. while he is interested in taking a look at gun violence, there is undoubtedly a lot of his constituents are strong supporters of the second amendment. so he has a fine line to walk. what we do expect to hear plenty of emotion from both sides of the issue. as you mentioned from the nra. also congresswoman gabby giffords is there. we expect her to make a sta
among those expected to testify, the nra president, wayne lapierre. the former astronaut mark kelly, the husband of former congresswoman gabby giffords who was shot in the head with a meet and greet with constituents back in 2011. giffords has just made her way into the room. she was originally not on the schedule. that changed earlier today. as we await all this, our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tees us up live on capitol hill. what we have heard though going into this...
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what is the reaction to the nra ad, wendell. >> reporter: frankly none, bill. aides say they have no more desire for a confrontation with the nra than they already have. people will see secret service protection for the first family is no more elitist than protection for the president himself. in the wake of the newtown massacre, polls show public opinion in favor of many measures mr. obama will announce today. press secretary jay carney says it will take more than gun controls to make our children safe. >> this is something that we have to address as a nation. it is not something you can do alone through executive action. it is not something you can do with even a series of laws that, congress might pass. this is a problem that touches on a variety of areas of american life. and it needs to be approach broadly. >> reporter: the white house released letters from children to the president in the wake of the newtown massacre including from this one from 10-year-old kijah from fworge ga. asking mr. obama to stop gun violence. a number of those children will join t
what is the reaction to the nra ad, wendell. >> reporter: frankly none, bill. aides say they have no more desire for a confrontation with the nra than they already have. people will see secret service protection for the first family is no more elitist than protection for the president himself. in the wake of the newtown massacre, polls show public opinion in favor of many measures mr. obama will announce today. press secretary jay carney says it will take more than gun controls to make...
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the nra, and i also don't think the nra is representative of being pro-gun. i'm pro-gun. i don't, like --. bill: alaska girl. >> i grew up in a house filled with guns. i learned to shoot when i was young. i don't, nra is on a different level. they go after both parties. that is not a republican organization. bill: your argument, the administration is going to make. they are going to say you need a comprehensive solution to help prevent things like that from happening again. >> that's right, they do. bill: can they sell that. >> that is absolutely true. one of my concerns they're trying to sell gun control as some sort of a panacea. they say let's have this comprehensive solution, looking at violence in entertainment culture and mental health and school safety and clinton era position that would deputize people to have a firearm they're only giving specific ideas of changing gun control laws. its much more comprehensive solution. we need to hear what that includes. bill: more than a 30 round clip. kirsten, give you the last word. >> i agree you have to look at mental healt
the nra, and i also don't think the nra is representative of being pro-gun. i'm pro-gun. i don't, like --. bill: alaska girl. >> i grew up in a house filled with guns. i learned to shoot when i was young. i don't, nra is on a different level. they go after both parties. that is not a republican organization. bill: your argument, the administration is going to make. they are going to say you need a comprehensive solution to help prevent things like that from happening again. >>...
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forget about the nra. they look at their voters who don't want to see tough new gun controls and tough new limits on the kind of guns they can buy. are they going to differentiate the kind of gun they can buy and the kind of magazine they can buy? will they differentiate buying the gun but in all cases going through a background check? that is whether we'll see the administration can get some of this through the congress. martha: we'll all learn what a universal background check would really entail. sounds like that is something they feel they might be able to get through. it is interesting to me, chris, they are saying they will have this commission sort of roll out in terms of what the white house wants on tuesday. they're finishing discussions today. they will speak with media leaders, about that element of all of this but you know, does that indicate, they have already kind of got their plans set and they're not taking into account so much what they're talking about as the nra suggests? >> well, you co
forget about the nra. they look at their voters who don't want to see tough new gun controls and tough new limits on the kind of guns they can buy. are they going to differentiate the kind of gun they can buy and the kind of magazine they can buy? will they differentiate buying the gun but in all cases going through a background check? that is whether we'll see the administration can get some of this through the congress. martha: we'll all learn what a universal background check would really...
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he will meet with the nra. gun rights advocates have been very clear that they are dug in on this issue, right. >> reporter: the nra has agreed to send a representative t who is going there to listen. there is a circling of the wagons around the second amendment. various groups are mobilizing politically to try to block anything that might infringe on the second amendment. new groups have just proclaimed january 19th gun appreciation today and they are now formally urging americans nationwide to show their support for gun ownership by turning out in mass at the gun stores, gun ranges and gun shows all over the country to build the defense of the second amendment. when congress gets back from their vacation right now there is a awful lot on the agenda. the ceiling r-r, the sequester, and unpopular legislation. adding a gun debate to that could be a tough thing to do. martha: back to reality for them. thank you very much, carl. bill: this city council believes that more guns will equal less crime. spring city uta
he will meet with the nra. gun rights advocates have been very clear that they are dug in on this issue, right. >> reporter: the nra has agreed to send a representative t who is going there to listen. there is a circling of the wagons around the second amendment. various groups are mobilizing politically to try to block anything that might infringe on the second amendment. new groups have just proclaimed january 19th gun appreciation today and they are now formally urging americans...
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vice president joe biden meets today with the nra and wal-mart that is set to be a pretty contentious meeting. two powerhouses in the gun industryer this, but biden's comments got gun owners fired up yesterday. here is some of that. >> the president is going to act. there are executive orders, there are executive action that can be taken. we haven't decided what it will be yet but we're compiling it all with the help of the attorney general and rest of the cabinet members as well as legislative action we believe that is required. bill: this is top pick a, now. stephen hayes, senior writer "weekly standard." good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: what type of order would fit an executive mandate in this case? >> there are a couple different things the white house is considering. one would be harvesting the information already available to a wide variety of government agencies and passing that onto the fbi for inclusion in its database about who can and can not buy guns. things that would indicate mental health problems, what have you. i think there are also potentially looki
vice president joe biden meets today with the nra and wal-mart that is set to be a pretty contentious meeting. two powerhouses in the gun industryer this, but biden's comments got gun owners fired up yesterday. here is some of that. >> the president is going to act. there are executive orders, there are executive action that can be taken. we haven't decided what it will be yet but we're compiling it all with the help of the attorney general and rest of the cabinet members as well as...
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he said, declare the nra a terrorist organization and make membership illegal. hey, we did it to the communist party and nra has led to the deaths of more of us than american commies ever did. i would raise the organization headquarters and salt the earth but that is option a.m. if some people refuse to give up the guns, that prying the gun. >> their cold dead hands, works for me. larry. >> that was so over the top when i had to laugh, i read that before. it is still funny that somebody is foaming at the mouth, that an editor didn't catch that before it was published. they're exposing themselves from looney tunes they are if they really think that way? that is so amazing when you look at those who own firearms legally in this country, they're the choir boys of our society. these are the men and women who do not commit crime. those who are licensed to carry, such as those in new york, commit many fewer crimes than police do. so this is just amazing. >> i want to bring in lori here. he said throw out the second amendment. i'm paraphrasing. called for violence spec
he said, declare the nra a terrorist organization and make membership illegal. hey, we did it to the communist party and nra has led to the deaths of more of us than american commies ever did. i would raise the organization headquarters and salt the earth but that is option a.m. if some people refuse to give up the guns, that prying the gun. >> their cold dead hands, works for me. larry. >> that was so over the top when i had to laugh, i read that before. it is still funny that...
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the nra, martha, believes the root of the problem is mental illness. therefore it is pushing for a measure to keep guns out of the hands of those who have been adjudicated as people with mental illness problems. >> i think it is a false security to think that somehow we're going to spot problems when there is really know way to spot these problems. some of the most horrendous of the mass murders that occurred recently including the one in newtown would not have been stopped by a background check. the gun is stolen. the person has no prior criminal record. >> reporter: martha, let's keep in mind what happened in newtown, that tragedy that shocked us all that happened exactly one month ago, the president promises to use the full extent of his power to put something in place that will address gun violence in america. meaning, martha, he could possibly use an executive order to implement some tougher measures. martha: it has been suggested he might do just that. kelly, thank you very much. kelly wright in d.c.. >> reporter: sure. bill: we'll talk later thi
the nra, martha, believes the root of the problem is mental illness. therefore it is pushing for a measure to keep guns out of the hands of those who have been adjudicated as people with mental illness problems. >> i think it is a false security to think that somehow we're going to spot problems when there is really know way to spot these problems. some of the most horrendous of the mass murders that occurred recently including the one in newtown would not have been stopped by a...
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they are almost trying to set up a counter balance to the nra. there is an organization called americans nor responsible solutions that they are launching today and they make the argument that until now the gun lobby's political contributions have not been matched by others, that is about to change, no longer is what they write, is that how you see it? >> clearly that's their strategy, but again it all comes down to the sort of nuts and bolts of it. what is it that they are proposing? when you get into dash tkaerbg, if you want to create a nation hal database of people who are mentally unstable and shouldn't be getting guns, well do you think maybe that there might be some objection? forget the nra, do you think there might be some objection to epg keeping -- the government keeping a list of mentally unstable people? do you think maybe the aclu, or maybe some other group, psychiatric group might have some objection to the federal government doing that sort of thing stphao. bill: thing? criminals and the mentally ill can easily purchase guns by ae
they are almost trying to set up a counter balance to the nra. there is an organization called americans nor responsible solutions that they are launching today and they make the argument that until now the gun lobby's political contributions have not been matched by others, that is about to change, no longer is what they write, is that how you see it? >> clearly that's their strategy, but again it all comes down to the sort of nuts and bolts of it. what is it that they are proposing?...
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i think he is the one that is drinking the kool-aid in terms of the nra and people who are extremists. the president is doing is not exploiting the deaths of young people but i think responding to a terrible massacre, not only the massacre in connecticut at newtown but the shooting of congressman gabby giffords, the shooting at a record can, colorado, at the movie theater, the shooting in wisconsin. we have a situation where the president is responding to a crisis of guns being easily accessible and used in these mass curse and i think it is appropriate that the president would respond. martha: you know, legislatively, ted cruise touched on this as well, this is a very high hurdle. we have a full screen that we want to pull up. these are 11 democratic senators with a or b ratings with the nra, including harry reid said, well i think this will be a little difficult. the president might want to think twice the way he approaches it. i'm mara phrasing it but. >> [ra is bipartisan group of millions of americans want to protect the second amendment and aproves from many senators and house m
i think he is the one that is drinking the kool-aid in terms of the nra and people who are extremists. the president is doing is not exploiting the deaths of young people but i think responding to a terrible massacre, not only the massacre in connecticut at newtown but the shooting of congressman gabby giffords, the shooting at a record can, colorado, at the movie theater, the shooting in wisconsin. we have a situation where the president is responding to a crisis of guns being easily...